A Naftogaz employee who was wounded during a Russian missile strike has died in the Poltava region
Serhiy Klymenko, 59, who worked as a refrigeration plant operator at Naftogaz, died in the hospital. He sustained severe injuries during a massive rocket attack by Russian forces on the Poltava region on the night of May 4–5.
This was reported by the Naftogaz group.
Serhiy Klymenko was under constant medical supervision for more than ten days. During this time, he underwent a series of complex surgeries, but the severe injuries and burns he sustained during the shelling proved fatal.
Following Klymenko’s death, the number of Naftogaz employees killed in the attack has risen to four.
Currently, seven more injured employees of the company remain in hospitals, undergoing inpatient treatment and receiving the necessary medical care.
As previously reported, on the night of May 5, Russian forces launched a targeted strike with ballistic missiles against a gas production facility in the Poltava region.
According to the company, the occupiers used a “double strike” tactic. After the first hits, a massive fire broke out at the facility. The second attack occurred after the air raid siren had already stopped, when gas industry workers and rescuers from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service had begun clearing up the aftermath of the shelling.
Three Naftogaz employees—Oleksandr Kozin, Yuriy Musienko, and Mykhailo Dub—were killed directly at the scene of the tragedy and in the first days following the attack. Two State Emergency Service rescuers also fell victim to the strike.
The company emphasized that 324 employees of the Naftogaz Group have been killed since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
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